A ‘PUNITIVE COLUMN’ RAVAGES THE ANCIENT IRAQI TOWN OF TEL AFAR [ 9 June 1920 ] Following an attack by insurgents in the Iraqi town of Tel Afar on 3 and 4 June 1920, in which the town’s British political officer, Major J. E. Barlow, along with fifteen other officers and soldiers were overpowered and…

IRAQ WEAPONS EXPERT JOHN KELLY FOUND DEAD AFTER “SEXED UP” DOSSIER LEAK. [ 18 July 2003 ] On this day in 2003, Dr. David Kelly, a 59 year old chemical weapons expert and former UN weapons inspector, was found dead in the woods, just one mile from his Oxfordshire home. Two days earlier he had…

MAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK AFTER BRITISH SOLDIERS SUBJECT HIM TO A MOCK EXECUTION. [ 11 August 1971 ] On this day in 1971, three civilians in West Belfast were killed by soldiers of the first battalion of the British Parachute Regiment, during a round up of men under emergency powers of detainment which were…

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BRITISH SACK THE CRIMEAN CITY OF KERCH [ 24 May 1855 ] On this day in 1855, thousands of terrified citizens of the Crimean city of Kerch had their homes broken into and their possessions looted, while men and even children were slaughtered and hundreds of women raped. The local population had begged general Sir…

GENERAL ADMITS THE FUTILITY OF ‘ACTS OF GREAT VIOLENCE’ IN IRELAND [ 10 January 1798 ] Major General John Moore disapproved of the enthusiasm with which other British officers committed atrocities in Ireland while suppressing local uprisings against British rule. On 10 January 1798, he made an insightful observation in his diary. KITCHENER ARRIVES IN…